The Royal Game of Ur

This is possibly the best and most polished version of Ur on this site. The sounds and animation logic for hopping or sliding the pieces are a nice touch.

If you're interested in quality of life improvements, the camera switching sides between player turns is slightly distracting, especially when a zero is rolled. I know people often like to see a chessboard from their side, but I doubt a race game really needs it. 

Rolling the dice with the spacebar would also be nice, since I'm playing on desktop.

Other than that, it controls very intuitively. I've played versions that required me to select the piece and then the location, as if this were backgammon. Your version makes much more sense, since the dice can't be split.

I have to ask, is the whistling in the background based on the song from the Bad Lip Reading video on The Emperor Strikes Back?

I’m pleased to see someone recreating the game that I saw YouTube videos about. And the rules are all consistent as far as my 10th replay is aware.

I can't open the game. I've tried re-installing and starting a few times but it only opens a window to a progress bar that never finishes. Is there anything I can do to fix this? This game looks rad.

This was a nice implementation of the game, I enjoyed playing a game against the first AI to test it out :) 

Could you make it less apparent that the game is rigged on Irvin's favor?

Irvin always gets the rolls he needs?? And I always get 1.

Love this version of the classic game! Would love a little animation to represent rolling the dice before showing their results

good

Really really neat execution!! ❤️

I've been waiting for this ever since I saw the youtube vid. It's actually a lot of fun!

So relaxing to play! I love the background music and sounds.

got like 2 0s in a row and almost broke everything. Great game, 10/10

Really fun! And I bet that, historically, fights broke out over this game, likely leading to someone's demise. Because it really feels like Irvin is cheating sometimes.

As such, I would recommend a house rule: center star decay. Because that position is so absurdly critical, I'd wager that whoever takes it first and simply parks there seems like they're almost guaranteed a win. And if you roll 2 fours in a row, it feels like a slow death for the other player.

So, after a set number of turns of not moving a token from that center position, let's say four, the piece is destroyed and returned to the player.

Just played versus the AI and it was a very good battle, but the human won!

¡Muy bueno! lo tengo impreso en 3D pero también es un placer jugarlo por aquí.

irvin let me win

I beat Irvin first try lmao take that nerd

I absolutely adored this game!! It's not only very fun but also interesting to play an ancient board game and the implementation is just fantastic, 10/10!!

Absolutely love it! Thanks for making it! I was playing with pen, paper, and coins for a bit.. and then on tabletop sim.. but this is fantastic!

There is another reason. I have a snapshot of my MX-15 Debian Jessie 32 bit that fits easily on a CD and I can reinstall my system within 10 minutes.

And another reason. I don't want to be fooled and led around by the nose by the mafia anymore. I use 32 bit software because I am not stupid.

Wonderful implementation with lots of game juice. I also really appreciate the historical info and links included in the game! 10/10

I enjoy playing against Irwin the most. He's the most challenging and we generally trade wins pretty evenly. However, I don't think he knows what he's doing in the alternate route mode. His strategy on the front half of the board is just as good as normal, but on the back half he never seems to press his advantage once he gets there. 

But that's just my impression. Maybe I'm misinterpreting his priorities.

Edit: Yeah, he shows no desire to hold territory up there. He'll complete a course for a piece, rather than holding the rose. He doesn't seem to treat the up-board roses as important places to hold. 

"The Royal Game of Ur"? More like "The Leonard's Game of Weighted Die"

...fun game though, good job!

My only complaint (besides Leonhard the cheater) is that there's no way to cancel a click. I.e. when you click a piece, it doesn't move until you release the mouse button. This is misleading because it feels like you have the chance to move the mouse away to cancel the selection, but no matter where you put the mouse that piece will move the moment you release the button. Either make the move activate instantly ondown, or do the piece selection/collision/raycast/whatever onrelease.

On one hand, I want this lite enough to work on my phone. 

But if I did, I'd never be able to leave the bathroom. This is so fun!

a very nice execution of the game, but it'd more fun if we could have the variation route and the spacial rules for the tiles, like the tiles where pieces cannot be nocked off the board, or the tiles where pieces can be stacked on top of each other.

What an interesting game!  And the sound design was very satisfying to roll and move.  

Awsome game, intuitive and has great production quality. It makes the game easy to learn and the AI is good too

Hi

I congratulate you, this is definitely the best looking digital adaption of this mysterious, ancient game out of the mists of early human history. The soundtrack helps to get immersed. Somehow I wish the opponents were called "Humbaba", "Enkiu" and "Gilgamesh" (from easy to hard) to fit the theme... ;) I just sent you some bucks as a sign of my gratitude.

There is only one thing I miss a bit: The option to turn off the automatic movement of the camera (when players change) and the ability to rotate the view myself.

You could also get 5 euros or dollars from me. But...

Can you provide a Linux version that works on a 32 bit system using glibc6 2.19? If not and you don't know why, ask the monkeys that provide the game engine you use!

What did you think? Any feedback? 😌